李可黎 Lǐ Kělí
- 李 lǐ Family name
- 可 kě can
- 黎 lí multitude
李 is a common family name; 可 and 黎 echo kè lǐ, how Chinese begins Kristina (克里斯蒂娜).

克里斯蒂娜 Kèlǐsīdìnà
我叫克里斯蒂娜。 Wǒ jiào Kèlǐsīdìnà. My name is Kristina.
Kristina en chino se escribe 克里斯蒂娜 (Kèlǐsīdìnà).
Christina is written 克里斯蒂娜 too.
李可黎 Lǐ Kělí
李 is a common family name; 可 and 黎 echo kè lǐ, how Chinese begins Kristina (克里斯蒂娜).
张珂林 Zhāng Kēlín
张 is a common family name; 珂 and 林 echo kè lǐ, how Chinese begins Kristina (克里斯蒂娜).
陈可丽 Chén Kělì
陈 is a common family name; 可 and 丽 echo kè lǐ, how Chinese begins Kristina (克里斯蒂娜).
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Kristina is 克里斯蒂娜 (Kèlǐsīdìnà) in Chinese. To say “My name is Kristina”, say 我叫克里斯蒂娜 (Wǒ jiào Kèlǐsīdìnà).
Nothing as a whole: Chinese picks 克里斯蒂娜 for how it sounds, Kèlǐsīdìnà, close to Kristina. On its own, 克 means gram, 里 inside and 蒂 stalk.
Kristina is written 克里斯蒂娜, 5 characters: 克 (7 strokes), 里 (7 strokes), 斯 (12 strokes), 蒂 (12 strokes), 娜 (9 strokes). Each is drawn stroke by stroke on this page, in the order you write it.
By sound, with characters picked for how they are said: Michael is 迈克尔 (Màikè’ěr). Newspapers, subtitles and books use one usual form for each common name.
A name made the Chinese way: a one-character family name first, then one or two characters picked for their meaning. Many learners use one in class.
It’s a starting point. Ask a Chinese speaker or teacher before you put it on anything that lasts, like a tattoo or a document.
Meanings from our own dictionary. Chinese writes some names more than one way.